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Rising from a meeting in the early hours of yesterday, governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and leaders of thought within the party resolved not to abandon the party for any coalition ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar and the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, had recently hinted that the party was going into a coalition with other opposition leaders to chase the All Progressives Congress (APC) out of power in 2027.

But the party leaders and the governors who met on Wednesday night through Thursday morning in Abuja, believe that rather than build any coalition, the energy and resources should be channeled to building the PDP.
Among those present at the meeting were two former Senate presidents, David Mark and Bukola Saraki, former governors of Kaduna, Jigawa and Sokoto states, Ahmed Makarfi, Sule Lamido and Senator Aminu Tambuwal.

Others were former Minister of Police Affairs, Adamu Maina Waziri and former Defence minister, Lawal Batagarawa, with the governors represented by two of their colleagues – Governors Bala Mohammed of Bauchi and Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State.

Sources told Daily Sun that at the meeting held under frank atmosphere, the leaders decided to rebuild the PDP.
“And they also briefed the governors on their plan to achieve their aim of building the party and they want the governors to work towards the same aim.

“They resolved that there is no need to abandon the party and be working on any coalition. They instead insisted that rather than work to build any coalition, the efforts to start a coalition should be deployed to build the PDP, using the same resources, energy, time and strategy they want to use for the coalition, for the PDP.

“They noted that all the parties with no exception, including the APC, have their challenges and internal crisis. As such, PDP leaders should work to reconcile the differences and rebuild their structure instead of seeking any new platform,” one of the sources told Daily Sun.

https://thesun.ng/pdp-governors-senators-reject-coalition/

Unfortunately without coalition, it will be difficult to defeat that Pharaoh inside Aso rock.

masinga07:
Unfortunately without coalition, it will be difficult to defeat that Pharaoh inside Aso rock.

So without the coalition Nigerians haven't suffered enough to vote right and defend their votes?

Maybe I give Nigerians too much credit and you guys know them better

Saraki's slippery coming to

tinubu is doing well

El-Rufai should have remained a vocal opposition within APC or gone back to PDP

PDP should use their head.
Unseating a power-monger like Tinubu will take more than a single party structure.

Its not even enough to adopt another party's presidential candidate.

Coalition is the way to go, even though I'm still suspect of the real intentions of the great dwarf of Kaduna.

Man might be a mole for all I know.



Btw, where is the lizard of Ubima and the fine man from Edo state?

This life sef.

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Princess Faith Chukwu

The PDP can never defeat the APC with people like Wike still of the PDP....

Atiku Abubakar and his followers should forces with other opposition parties if they really want to win any election...

There is need for a coalition in the polity.

Noted.

"All these disgreements in all other parties are caused by APC"

"Why always APC?"

Seems they don't understand the type or form of coalition yet.

U can't abandon pdp a well established party with structure to go to sdp an ancient party once popular because of Mko Abiola but currently with no structure.

However the nature of the coalition if any needs to be made clear.

How will d Igbos now defeat tinubu now?

Hmmm

God Bless President Bola Tinubu
God Bless Federal Republic of Nigeria


Wailers over to you

Very good
Atiku must run
Obi must run
El-Rufai must run

Congratulations to President Tinubu

No merger, just have a consensus candidate. AD and APP presented one presidential candidate against PDP in 1999.

No be only hell fire Rufai and Atiku Waka come like this.....?
People wey no dey power
Wan use "coalition" scam people wey dey power, no be juju be that.....??
Everybody don wise
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jaxxy:
Seems they don't understand the type or form of coalition yet.

Shubike, go and educate them na.
People who have been playing politics when your father was still doing nwa boyi.

helinues:
Saraki's slippery coming to

What's your problems with Saraki

Nothing will work in PDP as long as Wike remains in the party. He has a strong hold in PDP, except he leaves, PDP can never be successful in 2027

As far as Peter Obi is not in PDP, PDP can never win the presidential election.

So, this is a question of being realistic to win the election or playing second fiddle until the party totally collapses as it is gradually coming to that point.

Ijaws coalition for vice president in the mud, PDP want to rebuild not for 2027 but for 2031, well for me it's good thinking because no party or no candidate can unseat the great Jagaban

But why announce to rush the coalition before getting their buy in?

Following the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers, Atiku gathered El Rufai, Babachir Lawal, one Obidient and announced a coalition. After that declaration, nothing else happened.

El Rufai ran to SDP and did not carry anyone important with him.

The governors, senators and elected officials hold the aces in political engineering. Without some of them, the coalition is a still birth.

Coldspice:


Shubike, go and educate them na.
People who have been playing politics when your father was still doing nwa boyi.

amoda besides corruption and misgovernance what have they done for the nation?

They are clueless.

A party that can't expel a known traitor like Wike that is destroy the party from within is talking about re- building? What a laughable statement.

Every sane Nigerian knows that without a strong coalition, APC will still emerge victorious in 2027.

Bitter truth.

Na Una Sabi...

After Tinubu's 8 years...we will see where we all dey.

No wahala.

Continue with your selfishness

Racoon:
There is need for a coalition in the polity.

Coalition is good but Peter Obi MUST step down. If he can't step down, let it remain open.

MadamExcellency:
No merger, just have a consensus candidate. AD and APP presented one presidential candidate against PDP in 1999.

i think i agree with you ...

When a report came out earlier about Saraki dismissing the chances of the coalition, some wailers said it was a fake news. Lol